Pre-Kindergarten

Sandusky City Schools Pre-Schools are centrally located at the Jackson Learning Center site. Classrooms operate morning and afternoon sessions. Waiting lists exist for all classrooms. Our Pre-Schools use Ohio Department of Education Early Learning objectives to support and prepare children for the fast-paced Kindergarten curriculum they will encounter in the Sandusky primary program. Pre-School teachers have mapped-out units of study that integrate language arts and math.  Integrated technology skills, including the use of interactive white boards and computer software such as the Earobics program, develop auditory and visual discrimination skills. Sandusky City Schools’ Pre-School program offers parents and students of our community academic preparation for young students as they begin their climb to school success.

Curriculum Alignment and Mapping

State Minimum Content Standards require that all learning objectives must be completely “aligned” with the state’s minimum standards. In 2004, Sandusky City Schools’ teachers both aligned and mapped their standards and curriculum in all core subjects. Curriculum maps, warehoused in an online data base, are used by teachers to plan units, develop lessons, integrate technology and plan related curriculum connections. The maps are periodically reevaluated for alignment to present state-mandated assessments, and both common short cycle and benchmark assessments are used to determine instructional needs for programs and students.

Ohio’s newly adopted Common Core Curriculum Standards in math and language arts, and newly-revised 2010 curriculum standards in science and social studies, will come into effect shortly. At the present time, students are still held accountable for the 2003 standards, but teachers are beginning to bridge their curriculum into the new adoption.  Common Core Standards/revised standards concentrate on the idea of “deeper” rather than “broader” content and skills. Assessment of these standards by new state-mandated tests will not occur until Ohio has developed and field-tested new assessments, in 2014-2015. Grades K, 1 and 2 teachers are beginning to transition to the Common Core standards adopted in 2010 in Ohio with “I Can” statements and a look at the new state-produced Model Curricula. Elementary curriculum, including the new Common Core standards, will be fashioned into meaningful units for grades K, 1, and 2, from which teachers will create their daily lesson plans of the future.

Contact Dr. Sally Roth, Director of Curriculum, if you have questions about Curriculum Alignment or Curriculum Mapping (419-621-2865).
SRoth@scs-k12.net


Luanne Koelsch
Administrative Assistant
LKoelsch@scs-k12.net